Hit-and-run driver kills 1 in Downey

The crash was in the 9100 block of Firestone Boulevard, east of Lakewood Boulevard, and was reported about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Downey police Sgt. Terry Goeckner said.

A southbound Honda Civic, driven by 26-year-old woman, and a westbound Toyota Tacoma, driven by a 26-year-old Downey man, entered the intersection at the same time, according to a department statement.

Paramedics rushed the 26-year-old woman and her passenger, a 25-year- old woman, to an area hospital, where the driver was pronounced dead and the 25- year-old woman was listed in critical condition, according to the statement.

The driver of the truck ran away.

Downey police detectives asked anyone with any information regarding the whereabouts of the 26-year-old Downey man to call them at 562-904-2339.